Dad and Alex started off the weekend shooting the airsoft guns that Alex got for his birthday.

He looked soooo cute in his safety glasses!  Just look at how the straps poke his ears out!

After a few hundred rounds of plastic pellets were shot, we had a little egg hunt at my in-laws’.

I thought I would try to get some shots of them in their Easter outfits since Easter Day was forecasted to be stormy and icky, but…I had little cooperation.  When I tried pictures of them together, this is what I got:

So I just snapped what I could get.

Then we rode in Grandma’s car out to her house and Elliott gave out.

Alex peeked at me through the headrest…

We settled in at Grandma’s for the night and enjoyed a much-needed thunderstorm that dropped almost 2 inches on our very thirsty world.  Luckily, by the time our next egg hunt rolled around, most of the water was soaked up and we could go on with our fun.

Note the waterproof shoes and rolled up pants.  That’s our way with coping with mud and preventing messy cuffs.  Always prepared, baby!

I hope you all had a lovely holiday weekend!

We had plans to join my side of the family on Sunday for a delicious lunch and egg hunt. However, about 3am Sunday morning, Shayne and I awoke with fierce tummyaches. We tried to blame it on the enormous dinner we ate and attempted to go back to sleep.

No such luck.

Look at these unsuspecting faces..

Within a few hours, the reality of food poisoning set in. We were two very sick puppies. I will say one thing: we learned a big lesson. You know those truck stop burritos, taquitos and other fried wonders?? They’re not okay. You see, we were running late Saturday and thought we’d just grab a bite of something when we got gas. Our college-road-trip-born fondness for truck stop food took over all rational thought. He got 2 burritos. I got a Tornado and some poppers.

Pure evil, those fried goodies. Pure evil.

We hated to disappoint the kiddos and have them miss out on the family party, so I called my awesome cousin Jaycie. She picked up the kids (and my camera) and delivered them safely to Grandma at the party. While Shayne and I were at his parents house, spending more time in the bathroom than not…the kids had a great visit and fun egg hunt. They brought home lots and lots of Easter goodies. And while they got to where their Easter outfits, you can’t really see them for the jackets. Mean ol’ cold weather. I’ll try to get some good pictures taken of them all dressed up and share them later.

One last pic that is just too fun not to share…